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REPORT OF ASSISTANT VETERINARIAN. 



Honolulu, Hawaii, January 10, 1920. 



Dr. Victor A. Norgaard, Chief, Division of Animal Industry, 

 Bureau of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu. 



Sir: — I have the honor to submit the following rejiort for the month of 

 December, 1M9: 



TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL. 



During the month of December the following cattle were tested: 



Tested. 



Dr. J. H. Raymond 20 



Fred Luning 8 



C. W. Lucas 4 



J. H. Peterson 1 



O. R. & L. Co 2 



College of Hawaii 1 



S. M. Damon 80 



Fred Luning 1 



S. M. Damon 27 



The above tabulated list totals 143 head, out of which number 140 were 

 passed and 3 condemned and branded. 



Besides the above, post-mortem examinations were made at the slaughter 

 house on 54 head of condemned cattle. Of these, 52 head came from the 

 Wailupe Ranch, and were found to be so badly affected with tuberculosis 

 that 7, or 13.4 per cent, had to be condemned entire as being unfit for 

 human consumption. 



It is my opinion that this ranch has formed a center of infection for 

 many years, and it is due to the large percentage of disease there that our 

 efforts at eradicating tuberculosis from that section of the Territory have 

 been largely unsuccessful. 



All efforts must be made to eradicate this center of infection, either by 

 eliminating the entire herd at once, and this method is to be preferred as 

 being less expensive to all parties concerned^ or tests of the entire herd 

 at three-month intervals. 



IMPORTATIONS OF LIVE STOCK. 



A total of 52 vessels were boarded by the Live Stock Inspector during 

 the past month, of which the following were found to carry live stock for 

 this Territory: 



S, S. West Cawthon, San Francisco: 2 horses, Alexander & Baldwin; 

 1 Berkshire boar, College of Hawaii; 14 cts. poultry. 



S. S. Lurline, San Francisco: 3 jacks, Parker Ranch; 1 stallion, C. 

 Brewer & Co.; 2 Durham bulls, O. R. & L. Co.; 1 Jersey bull, J. H. Peter- 

 son; 18 Hereford bulls, 2 Hereford heifers. Dr. J. H. Raymond; 12 Hol- 

 stein cows, C. W. Lucas; 1 Holstein bull, College of Hawaii; 4 Ayrshire 

 cows, Harold Rice; 16 mules, Schuman Carriage Co.; 1 collie, M. Nicol; 

 15 cts. poultry. 



S. S. Sachem, San Francisco: 17 cts. poultry 



S. S. Manoa, San Francisco: 54 cts. poultry. 



